Author : Angela Guidi
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004209786
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Book Synopsis Amour et Sagesse. Les Dialogues d’amour de Juda Abravanel dans la tradition salomonienne by : Angela Guidi
Download or read book Amour et Sagesse. Les Dialogues d’amour de Juda Abravanel dans la tradition salomonienne written by Angela Guidi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dialogues of Love by Yehudah Abravanel (c. 1465 – c. 1525) is one of the most interesting examples of the encounter between Renaissance Platonism and Jewish tradition. Exploring some of the dialogic models for Yehudah’s work as well as the influence of the Biblical commentaries by his father Isaac, this book re-reads the Dialogues in the light of medieval interpretations of the Song of Songs and Solomonic tradition. Already adopted by some Renaissance Jewish readers, this perspective suggests a new interpretation of the Dialogues: Yehudah’s work may be regarded as an allegory of the encounter between a Jewish teacher – Philon – and the “foreign science” of philosophy – Sophia – which both seduces him and questions his wisdom.